Fire-and-Forget Agent Invocation (TypeScript)

Overview

A fire-and-forget call enqueues a method invocation on the target agent and returns immediately without waiting for the result. The target agent processes the invocation asynchronously.

Usage

Every method on the generated client has a .trigger() variant:

const counter = CounterAgent.get("my-counter");
 
// Fire-and-forget — returns immediately
counter.increment.trigger();
 
// With arguments
const processor = DataProcessorAgent.get("pipeline-1");
processor.processBatch.trigger(batchData);

When to Use

• Breaking RPC cycles: If agent A calls agent B and B needs to call back to A, use .trigger() for the callback to avoid deadlocks
• Background work: Enqueue work on another agent without blocking the current agent
• Fan-out: Trigger work on many agents in parallel without waiting for all results
• Event-driven patterns: Notify other agents about events without coupling to their processing time

Example: Breaking a Deadlock

// In AgentA — calls AgentB and waits
const b = AgentB.get("b1");
const result = await b.doWork(data); // OK: awaited call
 
// In AgentB — notifies AgentA without waiting (would deadlock if awaited)
const a = AgentA.get("a1");
a.onWorkDone.trigger(result); // OK: fire-and-forget

CLI Equivalent

From the command line, use --enqueue:

golem agent invoke --enqueue 'counter-agent("my-counter")' \
  'my:comp/counter-agent.{increment}'